Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — NOT ALWAYS A DANGER SIGN [ARTICLE]

NOT ALWAYS A DANGER SIGN

V-V ■ ‘ Mistaken Idea that Spitting Blood Invariably Denote^the Presence of Tuberculosis. - r’. There Is no need to become alarmed if'one spits' blood. It is not, as so many think, a sure sigil of consumption, for the overwhelming, majority pf tuberculosis patients never have this symptom; And the blood may come from the larynx, pharynx, teeth, stomach or even .the small intestine. Dr. H. Rabinowltsch of New. York points out In the Medical Journal that when we consider the great size of the arteries that enter the lung and their minute ramification on the surface of the delicate air cells we should not wonder If blood Is sometimes coughed Up from the lungs; Severe coughing or straining may vastly break a small branch, of one of-these arteries. Dr. Rabinowitscb says the hemorrhage Itself is of flight moment. If It comes from an aneurism, death is almost instantaneous; if it comes from a congested area and is limited. It is In some ways beneficial by relieving the congested area. , It has. another good effect—making a recalcitrant patient obey the doctor’s orders. • The treatment is directed to the cause and not to the hemorrhage.